hygroph&nous 



hypercliromatie 



hygroph'anous {<paivw, I appear), 

 looking watery when moist, and 

 opaque when dry (Cooke); Hygro- 

 ph'ilae {<pi\fu}, I love), moisture- 

 loving plants; hy'gropliile, hy'gro- 

 ph'ilous, pertaining to Hygro])hyte8; 

 Hygrophorbi'um (c^op/S^, pasture), 

 low moor formation (Diels) ; hygro- 

 pli'orous, water-bearing, or saturated 

 with it; apjjjied by Spruce to certain 

 Hepaticae ; Hy'grophytes {(pvrbv, a 

 plant), marsh] ilants, or plants which 

 need a large supply of moisture for 

 their growth ; Hygropliyti''a, for- 

 mations of hygiophytes (Diels) ; 

 Hy'groplasm {Trkda/xa, moulded), 

 Nageli's term for the fluid portion 

 of protoplasm ; cf. Steheoplasm ; 

 Kygropoi'um {Tr6a, grass), meadow 

 formation (Diels) ; hygroscop'ic 

 {ffKonfoj, I see), susceptible of .ex- 

 tending or shrinking on the applica-, 

 tion or removal of water or vapour ; 

 ~ Cells, certain cells in the leaves 

 of grasses which cause them to alter 

 in shape in dry weather, known also 

 as bulliform cells ; Hygroscopic'ity, 

 Hygroscopic' Has, the hygroscopic 

 property ; Hygrosphagni'um {Sphag- 

 num, bog-moss), high moor (Diels), 



Hy'lad (i^At;, forest; + ad), a forest 

 plant ;Hyli'um, a forest fonnation ; 

 hyloc'ola, dwelling in fon sis. 



hylocomnio'sus, moSsy, composed of 

 Jhjlocomniura and similar J^Iosses 

 as a formation (Nilsson). 



Hylo'dad (-f ad), a \\\ ait of the follow- 

 ing; Hylodi'um (uAoStjs, wooded), 

 pi. -la, dry open woodland forma- 

 tions; hylodoph'ilus (tpiXe-x, I love), 

 dwelling in dry woods ; Hylo'dophyte 

 {<pvrhv, a i)lant), a dry woodland 

 plant. 



Eylog'amy (uAtj = material ; ydfios, 

 marriage), the fusion of a sexual with 

 a vegetative nucleus; Hyloids (tISos, 

 resemblance), crystals in Gouania 

 leaves suggesting logs of wood as to 

 shape ; hyloph'ilus, dwelling in 

 forests; Hylophy'ta, pi , forest plants 

 (Clements) ; Hy'lophyte {(pvrhv, a 

 plant J, a plant which grows in woods, 

 usually moist ; adj. hylophyt'ic 



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Hy'lus, Hy'luin=HiLUM. 



Hy'men (vfi^v, a membrane), a skin 

 or membrane ; hyme''nial (1) per- 

 taining to the Hymenium ; (*J) 

 relating to the reproductive organs 

 in certain Cryptogams ; '~ Al'ga, 

 the algal cell in a sporocarp in 

 Lichens, also termed ~ Oonid'iom ; 

 ~ Lay'er = Hyme'nium, an aggre- 

 gation of sj)ore mother-cells in a 

 continuous layer on a sporophore, 

 the .s])oriierous part of the frucdtiia- 

 tion in Fungi; hymeno'des (elSos, 

 like), having a membranous texture ; 

 Hymenoli'chen (+ Lichen), a term 

 devised by Mattirolo for a Lichen 

 which is symbiotically assoi iated 

 with a hymenomycetous Fungus ; 

 hymenomyce'tous {/xvK-ns, a mush- 

 room), having the hymenium ex- 

 posed at maturity, the spores borne 

 on basidia ; Hy'menophore, Hyvieno- 

 phm-'iiim {<pop€<t3, I carry), in Fungi 

 that part which bears the hymen- 

 ium, the sporophore ; Hy^'menopode, 

 Hymeiwpod'ium {-novs, vodhs, a foot), 

 Fayod's name for the hypothecium ; 

 hymenopt'erid Flowers, those which 

 can be pollinated only by Hymenop- 

 tera», e.g. Leguminosae; Hyme'nulum, 

 a disc or shield containing aaci, but 

 without an excipulum. 



Hyoscy'amin, an alkaloid contained in 

 henbane, Hyo^ajarmis niger, Linn. 



Hypalle'lomorph, (vvh, under; -f 

 Allei.omoki'H), the constituents of 

 comi)Ound allelomorphs (Bateson). 



Hypan'thlum, Hypantho'dium {&v6osy 

 a Hower^, an enlargement or develop- 

 ment of the torus undei' the calyx ; 

 a syconium. 



Hyperanisog'amy (ywfp, above; &yi(ros, 

 unequal ; ydfxos, marriage), the female 

 gamete, at first active, and much 

 larger than the male gamete (Hartog); 

 cf. Oogamy; hyperbor'ean, hyper- 

 hor'eus {fiopeas, the north wind), 

 northern ; Hyperchimae'ra (-{- Chi- 

 MAEH.v), a giaft-hybrid resembling 

 a tiue hybrid intermediate between 

 its ]>arents (Strasburger). 



hyperchromat'ic ( vvip, above ; xpufM- 

 riKbs, suited for colour), readily 



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